Central Region, Singapore, the Glossary

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1. 68 relations: Aesthetics, Alex Yam, Bishan, Singapore, Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, Bukit Merah, Bukit Timah, Bukit Timah Hill, Bungalow, Central Area, Singapore, Central Singapore Community Development Council, City-state, Commerce, Community Development Council, De facto, Denise Phua, Downtown Core, Garden, Geylang, House, Housing and Development Board, Kallang, List of sovereign states, Low Yen Ling, Malay language, Marina Bay, Singapore, Marina East, Marina South, Marine Parade, Metropolitan area, Mohd Fahmi Aliman, Museum Planning Area, National monuments of Singapore, Newton, Singapore, North West Community Development Council, Novena, Singapore, One-north, Orchard Road, Outram, Singapore, Park, Park Connector Network, Planning areas of Singapore, Queenstown, Singapore, Raffles's Landing Site, Recreation, Reflections at Keppel Bay, Regions of Singapore, Residential area, River source, River Valley, Singapore, Rochor, ... Expand index (18 more) »

2. Planning areas in Singapore
3. Regions of Singapore

Aesthetics

Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and the nature of taste; and functions as the philosophy of art.

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Alex Yam

Alex Yam Ziming (p; born 1981) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Mayor of North West District since 2020.

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Bishan, Singapore

Bishan, also known as Peck San, Bishan New Town or Bishan Town, is a planning area and matured residential town located at the northernmost portion of the Central Region of Singapore.

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Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park

Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park or Bishan-AMK Park, (formerly known as Bishan Park) is a major park in Singapore, located in the popular heartland of Bishan.

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Bukit Merah

Bukit Merah, also known as Redhill, is a planning area and new town situated in the southernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore.

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Bukit Timah

Bukit Timah, often abbreviated as Bt Timah, is a planning area and residential estate located in the westernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore.

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Bukit Timah Hill

Bukit Timah Hill, is the highest natural peak in Singapore.

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Bungalow

A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is single-storey, and may be surrounded by wide verandas.

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Central Area, Singapore

The Central Area, also called the City Area, and informally The City, is the main commercial city centre of Singapore.

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The Central Singapore Community Development Council is one of five Community Development Councils (CDCs) set up across the Republic of Singapore to aid in local administration of governmental policies and schemes.

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City-state

A city-state is an independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its contiguous territory.

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Commerce

Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered distribution and transfer of goods and services on a substantial scale and at the right time, place, quantity, quality and price through various channels from the original producers to the final consumers within local, regional, national or international economies.

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The Community Development Council (CDC; Majlis Pembangunan Masyarakat; 社区发展理事会; சமூக மேம்பாட்டு மன்றம்) is a government-led organisation to organise grassroot organisations and community programmes into smaller, local units as a bridge between the government and the community in Singapore.

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De facto

De facto describes practices that exist in reality, regardless of whether they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms.

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Denise Phua

Denise Phua Lay Peng ("", Candidate Profiles, People's Action Party, Retrieved on 28 October 2008. born 9 December 1959) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Mayor of Central Singapore District since 2014.

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Downtown Core

The Downtown Core is the historical and downtown centre of the city-state of Singapore and the main commercial area in Singapore excluding reclaimed lands with many integrated resorts such as the Marina Bay Sands, one of the most expensive buildings in the world, with a luxurious standalone casino at Bayfront Avenue.

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Garden

A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature.

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Geylang

Geylang is a planning area and township located on the eastern fringe of the Central Region of Singapore, bordering Hougang and Toa Payoh in the north, Marine Parade in the south, Bedok in the east, and Kallang in the west.

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House

A house is a single-unit residential building.

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Housing and Development Board

The Housing & Development Board (HDB; often referred to as the Housing Board), is a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development responsible for the public housing in Singapore.

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Kallang

Kallang is a planning area and residential zone located in the Central Region of Singapore.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Low Yen Ling

Low Yen Ling (p; born 17 August 1974) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Mayor of South West District since 2014, Senior Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry concurrently since 2024.

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Malay language

Malay (Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of Thailand.

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Marina Bay, Singapore

Marina Bay is a bay located in the Central Area of Singapore, surrounded by the perimeter of four other planning areas, the Downtown Core, Marina East, Marina South and Straits View.

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Marina East

Marina East is a planning area located in the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore, covering of reclaimed land.

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Marina South

Marina South is a planning area located within the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore.

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Marine Parade

Marine Parade is a planning area and residential estate located on the eastern fringe of the Central Region of Singapore.

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Metropolitan area

A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which are sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing.

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Mohd Fahmi Aliman

Mohd Fahmi bin Aliman (Jawi: محمد فهمى عليمن; born 1972) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Mayor of South East District since 2020.

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Museum Planning Area

The Museum Planning Area is a planning area located in the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore.

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National monuments of Singapore

National monuments of Singapore are sites, buildings and structures in Singapore that have been designated by the National Heritage Board (NHB) as being of special historic, traditional, archaeological, architectural or artistic value.

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Newton, Singapore

Newton is a town that is located within the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore.

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The North West Community Development Council is one of five Community Development Councils (CDCs) set up across the Republic of Singapore to aid in local administration of governmental policies and schemes.

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Novena, Singapore

Novena is a planning area located within the Central Region of Singapore.

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One-north

One-north (stylised as one-north) is a subzone of Queenstown, Singapore, first developed by JTC Corporation as the country's research and development and high technology cluster.

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Orchard Road

Orchard Road, often known colloquially as simply Orchard, is a major -long road in the Central Area of Singapore.

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Outram, Singapore

Outram is a planning area located within the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore.

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Park

A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats.

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Park Connector Network

The Park Connector Network (PCN) of Singapore is a network of walking/running/cycling paths that connects the various parks and other green spaces in Singapore.

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Planning areas of Singapore

Planning areas, also known as DGP areas or DGP zones, are the main urban planning and census divisions of Singapore delineated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority.

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Queenstown, Singapore

Queenstown is a planning area and satellite residential town situated on the south-westernmost fringe of the Central Region of Singapore.

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Raffles's Landing Site

Raffles's Landing Site is the location where tradition holds that Sir Stamford Raffles landed in on 28 January 1819.

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Recreation

Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time.

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Reflections at Keppel Bay

Reflections at Keppel Bay in Singapore is a luxury waterfront residential complex on approx 84,000 m² of land with 750m of shoreline.

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Regions of Singapore

The regions of Singapore are urban planning subdivisions demarcated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore to aid in its planning efforts. Central Region, Singapore and regions of Singapore are planning areas in Singapore.

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Residential area

A residential area is a land used in which housing predominates, as opposed to industrial and commercial areas.

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River source

The headwater of a river or stream is the farthest point on each of its tributaries upstream from its mouth/estuary into a lake/sea or its confluence with another river.

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River Valley, Singapore

River Valley is a planning area located within the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore.

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Rochor

Rochor is a planning area located within the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Singapore Botanic Gardens

The Singapore Botanic Gardens is a -year-old tropical garden located at the fringe of the Orchard Road shopping district in Singapore.

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Singapore General Hospital

Singapore General Hospital (SGH) is an academic health science centre and tertiary referral hospital in Singapore.

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Singapore Island

Singapore Island, also known as mainland Singapore, is the main constituent island of the sovereign island country and city-state of the Republic of Singapore.

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Singapore River

The Singapore River is a river that flows parallel to Alexandra Road and feeds into the Marina Reservoir in the southern part of Singapore.

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Singapore Sports Hub

The Singapore Sports Hub (Malay: Hab Sukan Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் விளையாட்டு மையம்) is a sports and recreation district in Kallang, Singapore.

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Singapore Strait

The Singapore Strait is a, strait between the Strait of Malacca in the west and the South China Sea in the east.

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The South East Community Development Council is one of five Community Development Councils (CDCs) set up across the Republic of Singapore to aid in local administration of governmental policies and schemes.

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The South West Community Development Council is one of five Community Development Councils (CDCs) set up across the Republic of Singapore to aid in local administration of governmental policies and schemes.

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Southern Islands

The Southern Islands is a planning area consisting of a collection of islets located within the Central Region of Singapore, once home to the native Malay islanders and sea nomads before they were relocated to the mainland for urban redevelopment and future use.

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Standard Chinese

Standard Chinese is a modern standard form of Mandarin Chinese that was first codified during the republican era (1912‒1949).

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Straits View

Straits View is a planning area located in the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore.

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Tamil language

Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia.

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Tanglin

Tanglin is a planning area located within the Central Region of Singapore.

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Toa Payoh

Toa Payoh (தோ பாயோ) is a planning area and mature residential town located in the northern part of the Central Region of Singapore.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is the national urban planning authority of Singapore, and a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development of the Government of Singapore.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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See also

Planning areas in Singapore

• Central Region, Singapore
• East Region, Singapore
• North Region, Singapore
• North-East Region, Singapore
• Regions of Singapore
• Virtual Singapore
• West Region, Singapore

Regions of Singapore

• Central Region, Singapore
• East Region, Singapore
• North Region, Singapore
• North-East Region, Singapore
• Regions of Singapore
• West Region, Singapore

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Region,_Singapore

Also known as Central Region (Singapore).

, Singapore, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore Island, Singapore River, Singapore Sports Hub, Singapore Strait, South East Community Development Council, South West Community Development Council, Southern Islands, Standard Chinese, Straits View, Tamil language, Tanglin, Toa Payoh, UNESCO, Urban Redevelopment Authority, World Heritage Site.